Last night I picked the Chosen back up. Largely because I need a break from the Archmage, and I am a bit tiered of just being a heal bot. That and a tour through the PVE/Scenario content of the lower tiers are nice. So I started the evening out doing loads of T1 scenarios. They where of course hit or miss as to how well they where, but the entire time I was having a blast.
First the good:
I like the fact that I have survivability. It means I can wreak more havoc on people before I die, but also makes life on healers a lot better. Additionally, if I forgo some survivability that the sword and board brings for a two hander, things seem to get a whole ton better on offence. Now I have spent a bit of time running back, but now that I am at the top of tier 1 things seem to start going in my favor, that and with the added gear, and abilities it seem to have a lot better time dropping people. There are also not many people playing tanks in the lower tiers, or if they are they seem to all be playing black orcs.
The bad:
Managing 3 auras during combat gets rough, but I keep trying to do it. I have considered macroing it, but I think that takes away from the spirit of the game. Next, I am still having issues killing healers, but I know a lot of that stems from not having a lot of anti healing abilities yet. Once I get those it should make my life a lot easier. Some of the abilities I think need tweaking, but I will hold a lot of that judgment until I get this character to 40 and see the viability of the skills then.
Finally, I think tonight I will head back over to the Knight so that I can keep them close to each other in terms of levels so that I can make an accurate comparison of the classes.
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You try to manage the three auras? When I started a chosen I just picked one and kept that on all the time, I think especially at the lower levels they don't' make a great difference so why bother?
First time comment here :D Great blog, keep on posting frequently
Thanks Chappo, I am more doing it to get myself into the habit of doing it for latter levels. It is something I have not done since the days of EQ.
With the Auras, I just run with one all the time at lower levels (or easy farming stuff :) and only twist 2 auras when up against Champions or mobs 4+ levels above me. Mainly due to the fact that twisting 3 auras drains my AP way to fast and as I run with a Great Weapon setup, I need to kill as quickly as possible ;)
Understandable, I like to try and keep 3 up so when I actually try my hand at tanking later in my characters career I am in the habit of doing it.
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